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physical damage [4 records]

Record 1 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... where physical harm, as distinct from purely economic loss, has resulted ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Dommage à la personne dans son intégrité physique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 2 2012-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Damage to goods or property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Dommage qui porte atteinte aux choses ou aux biens.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

[Daño] que afecta a los bienes o patrimonio.

OBS

El daño puede ser de dos tipos: material o moral. Entiéndese por la primera especie aquel que, directa o indirectamente, afecta a un patrimonio, a aquellos bienes (cosas o derechos) susceptibles de evaluación económica.

OBS

daño material: Término y observación reproducidos del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 3 2010-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The occupancy duties are controlling for property damage no less than for personal injury .... Claims are not therefore limited, for instance, to property damaged in connection with personal injury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

«Dommage aux biens» s'oppose à «dommage à la personne» (personal damage) et comprend deux catégories particulières : le «dommage physique» (physical damage) qui se distingue de la «perte purement financière» (pure economic loss). Dans certains contextes anglais, «physical damage» se confond avec «property damage» et peut se rendre en français par le même équivalent «dommage aux biens».

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Defects (Textiles)
DEF

Damage to objects including that caused by mechanical rather than chemical means and resulting in cracks, chips, splits, tears, dents, punctures, breaks, scratches, scuffs and abrasions, as well as soiling, wear and tear, warping, shrinkage, separation of layers of composite materials, graffiti and insect attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défauts (Textiles)

Spanish

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